S-r-m-P-d-N-S
Jogiya (from Sanskrit yogi: ‘State of Union’) is a shadav raga of considerable mystique. Tanarang recounts “a characteristic mood of devotion and detachment…Jogiya has komal re and dha like Bhairav, however they are not oscillated…and shuddha ma is powerful as nyas and vadi”. Generally expandable in madhya and taar saptaks, the raga’s geometries revolve around its two parallel 4-semitone sangatis (r-m & d-S). Ni is omitted in ascent, and often treated as a kan to dha in descent (e.g. S(N)dP), while ma tends to be rendered via meend (e.g. r/m, d\m). Variance persists concerning the role of shuddha Ga: some omit it in aroha or entirely, while others afford it more prominence (e.g. Amjad Ali Khan: P(mGm); (G)rS) – although those who do must clearly differentiate their motions from Bhairav. Some artists also season the scale with touches of komal ni, particularly in light-classical settings. The most famous bandish is probably Hari Ka Bhed Na Paya (e.g. Gangubai Hangal & Bhimsen Joshi). Krishnananda Vyas’ 1842 Sangita Raga-Kalpadruma depicts Jogiya as “Holding a trident, a snake, and a lute, with braids of matted hair falling about her limbs, whitened with ashes; Violent and furious in the heroic vein, she is a yogini, adept in all the lore of yoga”.
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Aroha: SrmPdS
Avroh: SNdPmrS
Chalan: e.g. Srm; mP; PmrS; rSdS; mPdS; S(N)dP; mPdndm; mrS (Parrikar)
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—Amjad Ali Khan (2016)—
[alap, e.g. 3:12] Sr/mPd(P) P(mGm)G rS S, S/m m(GrmGrS), r/P(rmGrS), S r/P(rmrP) P, r(m)m PdPP, Pddd(Pm), mP, mPd dPm, G(mG) rSSS, d/r r, r(NrG) r(G) r(S)S (N)S, N(S) N(S) N(Sr) S(rS) N\d, m\r(P), P(NdSdrNSN), SrmPd, dPmG G(mG) r(S) SS…
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Swaras: -4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10+
Sapta: Audav | Shadav | Sampurna
Poorvang: SRGM | SRG | SRM | SGM
Uttarang: PDNS | PDS | PNS | DNS
Varjit: Re | Ga | Ma | Pa | Dha | Ni
Double: rR | gG | mM | dD | nN
Thaat: 10 | 32 | Enclosed | Inexact
Chal: All-shuddha | All-komal | Ma-tivra
Gaps: Anh. | Hemi. | 3-row | 4-row | 5-row
Symmetries: Mirror | Rotation | Palindr.
Aroha: Audav | Shadav | Sampurna
Avroh: Audav | Shadav | Sampurna
Jati: Equal | Balanced | Av.+1 | Av.+2
Samay: Morning | Aftern. | Eve. | Night
Murchana: Bhup. | Bihag | Bilaw. | Charu.
Raganga: Bhairav | Malhar | Kan. | Todi
Construction: Jod | Mishra | Oddball
Origin: Ancient | Carnatic | Modern
Dominance: Poorvang | Uttarang
Prevalence: A-list | Prachalit | Aprach.
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• Prakriti: (none found)
Also see other shadav ragas which omit Ga
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–Swara Geometries–
• Core form: S–r–m–P–d–N–S
• Reverse: SrGmPNS
• Negative: 4-1-1-2-3-1
• Imperfect: 3 (Pa, dha, Ni)
• Detached: 1 (Ni)
• Symmetries: none
• Murchanas: none
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–Global Translations–
• Carnatic: ~Saveri
S-R1-M1-P-D1-N3-S
• Jazz: Double Harmonic (no 3rd)
1-b2-4-5-b6-7-8
• Pitch classes (‘fret-jumps’):
0-1-5-7-8-11-0
(1–4–2–1–3–1)
o o • • • o • o o • • o o
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• Tanpura: Sa–Pa (+dha)
• Names: Jogiya, Jogia, Jogi
• Transliterations: Hindi (जोगिया); Bengali (যোগিয়া)
—Ravi Shankar (1963)—
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